Flex Foods Limited announced that the Board of Directors vide its Circular Resolution dated 21 July, 2023 has approved the appointment of Shri Pradeep Narendra Poddar as an Additional Director (Independent and Non-Executive) with effect from 21 July, 2023 on the Board of the Company. Brief Profile: Shri Pradeep Narendra Poddar is a Chemical Engineer from UDCT Mumbai, 1976 and an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad, 1978. A veteran of the consumer goods industry, he groomed himself as a fast-track executive in Glaxo Foods, Heinz and Tata.

He became the first Managing Director of Heinz for India and South Asia in January 1996 at the age 41 and successfully built a `high growth profitable' business with a portfolio of Power Brands - Complan, Glucon D, Nycil, Farex and Heinz Tomato Ketchup. In 2000, he was ranked in the top 5 percentile of North American Executives by Personnel Decisions International, New York. He was awarded the prestigious Udyog Ratna award by the Karnataka Government and Wisitex Foundation in 2001 for his distinguished contribution to the food industry.

He led the Tata Group's Global foray into healthy beverages across the world, representing the Tata on the Boards of Nourishco, the JV with Pepsico and the Rising Beverage Company (Activate Beverages led by Michael Eisner) in Los Angeles (USA). He crafted the Himalayan Natural Mineral Water brand and had seven global patents on innovative `do-good' beverages. He has played a strategic role on the Boards of Welspun, Uflex and as Chairman of United Way Mumbai.

He has in the past led the American Chamber of Commerce Bombay Chapter and help further the Trade relations with the US. He had been appointed as Chairman of Sresta Natural Bio Products Limited with effect from December 15, 2021 and Chairman of the Board of Tasty Bite Eatables Private Limited with effect from December 20, 2022.